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When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the MahraMain MenuOverviewAcknowledgmentsBorn to be Digital?About the MahraHuman and Geographical ContextFind Your PoemTheory of ClassificationIndex of PoemsGlossary (please wait while the terms load)BibliographiesbibliographySamuel Liebhaber92edd610c0d14d00181bd949250cbe90dae08f10

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12017-10-10T20:51:37+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282414cyoa1plain2018-06-12T18:46:51+00:00branching_parent_pageSamuel Liebhaber92edd610c0d14d00181bd949250cbe90dae08f10A conviction, an idea, or a passion has arisen within you and prosaic conversation is simply insufficient to express yourself. In al-Mahra, the surest path to self-expression is through a rhymed and metered poem, so you feel compelled to compose one. The first question you must ask yourself: